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History

Fear that the Communist Revolution that had taken place in Russia would spread to the United States

Thousands of people without warrants

School-to-Prison Pipeline

Social Issues – Racism & Classism

Racism –Children of color (mainly African Americans) were pushed out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice system

Classism- most of the children had learning disabilities or histories of poverty

Zero-Tolerance Policy- Children that would commit minor infractions would not be handled by the school principals but instead the police would be involved

Your Social Activist Organization

Doing Today

Try to reform Zero-Tolerance Policies so that the students are not set up for failure

President & Members

Susan N. Herman

Elected in 2008

890,000 members within entire group

Moment in the 21st century

Hearing of ending School-to-Prison Pipeline

December 12th, 2012

What is your social activist organization doing today?

Campaign – Defending Targets of Discrimination within the Racial Justice Program November 17th, 2006

Concluding Remarks

Operating Institutional Privilege as a Larger Social Force

Prisoners’ Rights

Constitution, domestic law, and international human right principles

“Incarcerated population, especially among people of color, the mentally ill, and other vulnerable populations; ending cruel, inhuman, and degrading conditions of confinement; increasing public accountability and transparency of jails, prisons, and other places of detention; and expanding prisoners’ freedom of religion, expression, and association” –ACLU